Electron: HID and USB permission checks can be attributed to the wrong origin (electron electron)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Undergoing Analysis
Description
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5, hid and usb permission checks made from an iframe caused setPermissionCheckHandler to receive the top-level frame's origin and details instead of the requesting frame's. An application that delegated hid or usb to a cross-origin untrusted iframe and allowed device access with origin-based logic could therefore grant that embedded frame access intended for the top-level page. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-346 — Origin Validation Error
References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-fw47-9c62-h3vw
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53656
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53679
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53688
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53689
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53736
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/22de0a3a06cfd3174fc6c59c3810ab5e1c91bf1a
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36042b2e1b1c60c67b05ba0e95d1a34f608b9742
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/56cc43eb677d46b86b0d3f49b5fba71404ab1ff0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/922073f8601479e93071f56f0745041291b206fd
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/c965cee73284c4b230a81d51a7db6115e55da8c0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.3
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.3.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v45.0.0-alpha.5
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-fw47-9c62-h3vw — Electron: HID and USB permission checks can be attributed to the wrong origin
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-107347
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-113800
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| electron · electron | affected < 42.11.3 ; affected >= 43.0.0-alpha.1, < 43.7.0 ; affected >= 44.0.0-alpha.1, < 44.3.0 ; affected >= 45.0.0-alpha.1, < 45.0.0-alpha.5 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |